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    m15x cant find new gpu

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by kurupt, Feb 28, 2011.

  1. kurupt

    kurupt Notebook Consultant

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    hey everybody i just installed my new gtx 460m and my m15x cant find it. i go into my device manager and under display adapters it says standard vga adapter. any suggestions? i already went back into it and checked the connection and the connection is fine
     
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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Did you install the driver?
     
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    kurupt, Feb 28, 2011
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    Same thing happened to me when I installed my 460M. Windows didn't recognize it and when I installed the driver from the Nvidia site it also couldn't recognize it.

    I had to go to the Dell site and use their driver. If you go to support then drivers / downloads and put in the M15x model a driver for the 460M will be available.

    Good luck.
     
    Sleeper2112, Feb 28, 2011
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  5. kurupt

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    i read that dells driver wont work. my 460m came from a clevo laptop too since i bought it from rj tech. ill give it a shot tho
    Update: didnt work. said couldnt find compatible hardware
     
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  6. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You have to force the driver to install.
    Go to device manager > right click on your "standard vga adapter" > update driver > "browse my computer for driver software" > "let me pick..." > "have disk" > "browse" and select the inf file from the driver you have downloaded. Ignore any warnings/errors.
     
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    yeah, had to do the same thing with my laptopvideo2go driver, you have to force it to install as Moral says, but it shows up fine afterwards.
     
    LxGST, Feb 28, 2011
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    thanks alot guys. i just forced it but i got an error message that said the driver selected for this device does not support this version of windows
     
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  9. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Well there are many driver versions, some for xp, some for vista/win7 (32bit/64bit). You do have to download the one for your OS.
     
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    i double checked and it was for windows 7 64 bit which is what i got. guess i gotta wait for laptopvideo2go to get back online
     
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    ill try it out right now. hopefully it works
    UPDATE: just tried it and i got the exact same windows message
     
    kurupt, Mar 1, 2011
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    Just use the official drivers but put the modded inf from laptopvideo2go in the display.driver folder. Then it will work.
     
    widezu69, Mar 1, 2011
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    got it to work. since laptopvideo2go was down i just viewed a cached version of it from google and got the download. thx everyone for all your help. time to kick in crysis 2
     
    kurupt, Mar 1, 2011
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